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Offline Clark

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Anyone Fluent in Spanish?
« on: February 28, 2014, 11:32:46 PM »
Or do you know anyone fluent in Spanish, preferably a wargamer.

Weird? Yes.  It will make sense in time.

The question is the English translation of the following terms:

combates
conflictos
asaltos
ataques
tiroteos
« Last Edit: February 28, 2014, 11:37:21 PM by Clark »

Offline Brother Jim

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Re: Anyone Fluent in Spanish?
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 12:06:05 AM »
I am not in any way shape or form fluent, but I think those are
combats
conflicts
assaults
attacks
I got no clue?  maybe turrets?

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Re: Anyone Fluent in Spanish?
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2014, 12:37:12 AM »
tiroteos=battle or gunfight

Offline Brother Jim

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Re: Anyone Fluent in Spanish?
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2014, 08:36:44 AM »
So I got the rest of them right??


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Offline Clark

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Re: Anyone Fluent in Spanish?
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2014, 07:54:13 PM »
Because English is such a bastard, sometimes romance languages seem obvious.

Tiroteos can translate a firefight or shootings. However, you pegged the rest. The thing is, those are the denotations and not the connotations. That's why I am looking for someone fluent.

For instance: a Legions of Steel game involves "firefights" NOT "shootings" if you talk about it in English. So what is the difference in Spanish?  Similarly, an "assault" can be a coordinated military operation to sieze a tactical objective, or it could be a sucker punch in a bar.  As English speakers, we know which is which and when, but how does that word work in Spanish?